Hay-press.



W. L. SULLIVAN.

HAY PRESS.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 1s, 1913.

Patented July 28, 1914.

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HAY PRESS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED MAR. 13, 1913.

1,105,007. Patented July 28, 1914.

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WILKIN L. SULLIVAN, OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.

HAY-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 13, 1913. Serial N o. 754,152.

nected to a suitable means for the attachment of power applyingmechanism or de- To all 'whom t may concern l Be it. known that I,WILKIN LEoNDAs SULLIVAN, a citizenof the United States, residing atJackson, in the county of Hinds and State of Mississippi, have inventeda new and useful Hay-Press, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates t0 hay presses and particularly to a press inwhich rotary m0- tion of the power applying mechanism effects thereciprocation. of the presser head which is adapted to reciprocate in acasing to which material to be baled or pressed is delivered in anyconvenient manner.

An object of this invention is to provide a novel frame for supportingthe operating mechanism, the said frame being associated with aguideortrack adapted to support` the power iapplying mechanism while the sameis traveling with relation to the frame;

furthermore, an object of this invention is t0 provide novel means formoving a pitman which is connectedto the presser head through the mediumof a bar, in one direction, and means for moving the pitman in theopposite direction so that the presser head is reciprocated.

A further object of this invention is to provide novel means'operated bythe recipro- 'With the foregoingand other objects in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement andcombination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the inventionfin detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts, in the several views, and inwliich Figure 1 illustrates vaO perspective view of a hay pressembodying the invention; Fig. 2 illustrates an enlarged detail viewshowing a plan of the actuating mechanism for the presser head; Fig. 3illustrates a planview of the hopper andparts vassociated-therewith;Fig. 4illustrates a side elevation of the said hopper; and Fig. 5illustrates a perspective view ofv the presser head and a fragment ofthe rod connected thereto.

In these drawings 1, 1, denote rods which, at the ends remote from theframe, are

adapted to be connected together or ,corr

vices, it being the intention of the inventor t'o preferably provide thesame with means for hitching draft animals thereto so that Patented July2s, 1914.

the outer ends of the rods will be pulled to t operate the mechanism towhich the inner ends of the rods are connected. t

The hay press consists in a frame-like structure which may be regardedas the stationary portion of the mechanism, the said bers 2 and 3 beingstraight and extending to the vhopper (to be hereinafter described),

the said members Qand 3 being then eXtended at an angle to thestraightportion and frame consisting of the parallel frame mem vbers 2and 3, and 4 and 5, the former memthe said circular trackbeing supportedfurlthermore by the portions of the frame formed by the outer ends ofthesaid mem bers 4 and 5. A web or brace 7 is placed at the intersection ofthe members 2 and 3 and or attached to the brace to strengthen thestructure and form a support for a king pin 8" on which the arm 9 ismounted, the said 4 and 5 and the said members are connected M m 9 beingadapted to rotate on the king pin under the influence of the rods 1which have their inner ends connected to said arm. The members 2 and 3are held in spaced relation to each other by bolts 10 which boltsContain. the Spacing @OHMS l1 between the :f members 2 and 3 so that thesaid members are held apart. The members 4 and 5 are likewise held apartby bolts 10 and collars 11, such as are employed in holding the members2 and 3 in spaced relation to each .7o.

other.

A link 12 has one end mounted on a pivot 13 in the web and the outer endof thelink is pivotally connected to a pitman 14 by the pivot 15, andthe end of the pitman remote A.. from the pivO-t 15 is connected to asliding having one end connected to the pitman 14 by the link 25 Whichlink has one end pivoted to the lever 23 and the opposite end pivoted tothe pitman 14 by the pin 26. The end of the lever remote from the pitmanterminates in a hook 27 which has substantially the functions of a camoperated on by the actuating mechanism for oscillating or moving thelever in one direction and thereafter communicate motion in onedirection to the pitman. As stated, the pitman is operated in onedirection by power applied to the lever, whereas the said lever is actuated in the opposite direction by power applied to the ratchet wheel,the power being applied in both instances through the instrumentality ofthe arm 9.

A brace 2S has one of its ends connectedto an end of the arm 9 and thesaid brace crosses one of the rods 1 and is attached to the other rod 1by the clip 29, which clip also serves to'retain the brace 30 extendingbetween the two rods 1, 1. The brace 28 and the brace 30, it will beseen, serve to produce a rigid structure and a clip 31 serves to connectthe brace 28 to one of the rods 1 at their intersection. The clip 31further serves as a means for anchoring one end of a stirrup 32, whichstirrup has its opposite end attached to the arm 9 by the fastening 33.The stirrup 32 has ears 34 forming supports for a pin 35 on which ananti-friction roller 8G,

is mounted, the said anti-friction roller being adapted to travel on thetrack 6 as the arm 9 is rotated. rI he arm 9 comprises two parallelstrips held in spaced relation by bolts 37 and collars 38, one of whichis at each end of the arm. The function of these bolts and collars is toengage the ratchet wheel and the hook 27 of the lever 23 alternately sothat they will actuate the pitman. The sect-ions 2 and 8 and 4 and 5 ofthe frame are provided with suitable braces such as 39, 40, 41, etc.,arranged in pairs on the upper and lower surfaces of the frame.

n From an inspection of the drawing, it will be observed that whenrotary motion is communicated to the arm 9, the anti-friction roller 3Gwill travel around on the track G and the ends of the arm willalternately operate the pitman. In Figs. 1 and 2, the end of the arm isshown as being released from the ratchet to engage the hook 27 of thelever. A continuation of the rotation of the arm from the positionshownk in these figures will result in forcing the hook 27 to thedot-ted line position of said hook, shown` in Fig. 2 and owing to thefact that the lever is mounted on the pivot 24 of the fixed frame, thepitman will be forced to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2.Further movement of the arm will result in the opposite end coming incontact with the ratchet wheel and as the said ratchet wheel is heldagainst rotation by the dog, power applied to the arm will result inforcing the pitman inwardly and downwardly to the full line position ofsaid lever as shown in Fig. 2. During the travel of the pitman to thelast mentioned position, the tail 22 vof the dog abuts a stationaryportion of the frame and the nose of the dog is forced out of engagementwith the ratchet so ythat the said ratchet is free to again rotate,releasing the end of the arm therefrom and permitting it to travel inengagement with the hook 27 for a repetition of the operation. 1t isobvious therefore that, upon rotation ofthe arm, the pitman isreciprocated and as the end of said pitman isconnected to the slidingbar 16, the presser head will be operated. The hopper 42 which may beotherwise known as a feed box or receptacle into which thematerial isdelivered for packing and which will be hereinafter referred to as ahopper, comprises a rectangular metal frame having an open end intowhich the material is delivered. The forward end of the hopper hasstandards 43 on which the arms 44 of a packer are pivoted, the saidpacker comprising a frame-like structure connected to the arms 44, whichframe-like structure contains the fingers 45 which are adapted to engageand force material into the hopper. The arms 44 have a brace or curvedbase 46 to which a connecting rod 47 is pivoted, said connecting rodhaving a joint 48 and the end of the connecting rod remote from thepacker is pivoted on the ears 49 carried by the reciprocatingrod. Thus,as the reciprocating rod is moved, the packer is moved from ythe fullline position shown in Fig. 4 to thev dotted line position of saidpacker, and material is delivered to the hopper.

`Steel wire dogs 50, approximately triangular in shape, each has an endanchored in the` side of the hopper as at 51 and the opposite endextends through the hopper and is actuated by a coiled spring 52. Thesesprings present shoulders which are adapted to retain the material thathas been forced past them, preventing the expansion of said material,after it has been compressed.

1 claim l. In a hay press, a hopper, a plunger slidable therein, a rodconnected to the plunger, a pitman pivotally connected to the rod,

.a link pivotally connected to the pitman, a

frame, means for pivotally connecting the ends of the link remote fromthe pitman to the said frame, a ratchet wheel rotatably mounted at thejunction of the link and pitman, a dog for retaining the ratchet Wheelin different positions of adjustment, an arm, a pin carried by the frameand on which the arm is rotatably mounted, means for rotating the arm;the said ratchet wheel being in the path of travel of the arm, wherebythe said pitman is moved in one direction by the arm, a lever pivotallyconnected to the frame, means for connecting one end of the lever to thepitman, said lever having a hooked end adapted to be engaged by the armand moved thereby for operating the pitman in an opposite direction tothat in which it is moved by the arm when engaging the ratchet wheel.

2. In a hay press, a frame, a reciprocating member, a head connected tothe said reciprocating member for pressing material, a pitman connectedto the reciprocating member, a link pivoted to the frame and to thepitman, a ratchet wheel rotatably mounted at the junction of the pitmanand link, a dog adapted to retain the ratchet wheel stationary, said dogbeing moved to release the ratchet wheel upon contact with a stationaryportion of the frame, an arm, means for rotatably mounting the arm onthe frame, whereby the ratchet wheel will be in the path of its travelfor communicating motion to the pitman, a lever pivoted to the frame,means for connecting the lever to the pitman, a hook on the end of thelever adapted tor intermittent engagement of the arm, whereby movementof the arm is communicated to the pitman and means for rotating the arm.

3. In a hay press, a frame, a reciprocating member, a presser headcarried thereby, a member with which the presser head coacts for packingmaterial, a pitman connected to the reciprocating member, a link pivotedto the frame and to the pitman, an arm, means for pivotally mounting thearm on the frame, a track for supporting the arm in its travel,anti-friction means interposed between the arm and track, means formoving the arm around the track, a ratchet wheel at the junction ofthelink, and pitman in the path of travel of the arm whereby movement iscommunicated to the pitman by the arm, a lever, means for pivotallymounting the lever on the frame, means for connecting one end of thelever to the pitman, and means on the lever adapted to be in its travel,anti-friction means interposed between the arm and the track, means formoving the arm around the track, a ratchet wheel at the junction of thelink and pitman in the path of travel of the arm, whereby movement iscommunicated to the pitman by the arm, means for effecting the releaseof the arm from the ratchet wheel, a lever, means for pivotally mountingthe lever on the frame, means for connecting one end of the lever to thepitman, means 0n the lever adapted to be engaged by the arm for swingingthe lever and operating the pitman upon a release of the arm from theratchet Wheel.

5. In a hay press, a frame, a reciprocating member therein, a presserhead carried by the reciprocating member, a member with which thereciprocating member coacts, means for delivering material to themember, a connection between the reciprocating member and the feedingmember, a pitman connected to the reciprocating member, a link pivotedto the pitman and to the frame, a ratchet wheel at the junction of thelink and pitman, a dog for holding the ratchet Wheel in dierentpositions of adjustment, said dog being released from the ratchet wheelby engaging the portion of the frame, an arm, means for pivotallyconnecting the arm to the frame, a track, means connected` to the armand engaging the track for guiding the said arm, means for operating thearm, a lever having a hook on its end, means for pivotally connectingthe lever to the frame, means for connecti-ng the end of the lever tothe pitman, the said hook being engaged by the arm for operating thelever when the arm is released by the ratchet wheel.

W. L. SULLIVAN. Vitnesses:

D. A. Hicks, A. H. HALZIM.

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Washington, D. G.

